ArcGIS Spatial Analyst

An ArcGIS extension

Thousands of organizations use the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension every day. For more than a decade, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst has been providing advanced spatial modeling and analysis tools. It helps with modeling terrains, finding suitable locations and routes, discovering spatial patterns, and performing hydrologic and statistical analysis.

Benefits of Spatial Analyst

Analyze terrains

Derive useful insights from your data. Create a hillshade to use as a backdrop of the terrain to support other data layers. Calculate slope, aspect, and contours, or create a map displaying visibility

Select best locations

Find the ideal location with features that match your requirements. Consider criteria such as suitable demographics, environment and terrain to find the best site

Find best routes

Find the straight-line distance between two locations or create cost-weighted distance surfaces to understand the cost of getting from one location to another based on the criteria you specify

Perform hydrologic analysis

Derive insights from hydrologic and landscape data. Model where water will flow, create watersheds and stream networks and discover other hydrologic characteristics

Gain statistical insights

Analyze data distribution for a period. Calculate the mean crop yield over ten years, study variety of species contained within each neighborhood, or find the mean elevation per forest zone

Manage risk

Model risk factors such as ground slope, aspect, stability, forest fuel load and coastline inundation to understand the risk over your study area so you can come up with the appropriate mitigation plan

Estimate cost

Depending on your industry, factors such as terrain, waiting time, or any other physical obstacles can add to your cost. Analyze and predict costs taking into account multiple factors

Detect patterns

Analyze data from the past to uncover patterns. Combine location of crime with societal factors to visualize patterns that help law enforcement and city planners to take appropriate measures